Ornate Black-Tailed Rattlesnake (Crotalus ornatus).
Ornate black-tailed Rattlesnake ready to strike. Fortunately you have to really push them to get them to bite.
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Crotalus molossus ornatus
Ornate black-tailed Rattlesnake ready to strike. Fortunately you have to really push them to get them to bite.
Closeup of the ornate black-tailed rattlesnake shows the large triangular intranasal scales at the tip of their snout.
Ornate black-tailed rattlesnake ready to strike. These normally docile snakes can still be pushed into biting.
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